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Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. MORE
Here are some simple examples of Product Goals, Sprint Goals and the relationship between them. We will stick with our Bakery example (as used previously in our simple example of a Definition of Done ). Some things to note: Our Bakery produces baked goods sold in our shop to passing customers. MORE
What is up awesome people? Many people asked me whether it is possible to do Scrum without having all of the Scrum elements in place and along that line they also asked me whether it is possible to be agile without using Scrum as a whole. MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Where Does Quality Assurance (QA) Fit on a Scrum Team? We get this question pretty often, especially when speaking at conferences: "I'm a tester or quality assurance (QA) specialist at a company that just adopted Scrum. Am I now out of a job?" MORE
TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How does a Scrum Team handle unexpected work? Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to weigh how a Scrum Team should handle unplanned/unexpected work during a Sprint. Todd cut straight to the point and wants teams to remove the need for work. MORE
Many organizations nowadays have an urgency to adopt Agility. Fast changing markets increase the risk to miss opportunities, which uncovers that organizations are often too slow. MORE
TL; DR: Product Owner Interview Questions — The Product Backlog and Refinement. If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. MORE
image by Nithinan Tatah I work in “the transformation business”. The Agile transformation business to be more precise. The value I aim to deliver is: Improve the internal organisation of companies so that they get better at making their dreams come true. MORE
En enero de 2020, tuve una entrevista telefónica para un proyecto de transformación ágil con un líder de una empresa con sede en Barcelona que estaba interesado en agile coaching. El entrevistador me preguntó si me gustaría lanzarme a una conversación de coaching y acepté. MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Help! Our Product Backlog is Out of Control!?! Today's question is all about the product backlog. What do you do when the Product Backlog is out of control and no one can actually understand what you're trying to build anymore? MORE
Remember the good old check-in activity for retrospectives called ESVP – Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner? I couldn’t imagine that “Prisoner” would become so literal for me - until I found myself in a real prison facilitating a Retrospective for a group of my cellmates, political prisoners. MORE
As the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto has arrived, it makes me look back at how the world has changed over the past 20 years and what it may look like over the next 20. . First and foremost, the use of Agile has grown well beyond software. MORE
TheScrumMaster.co.uk has created The Simple Guide To Scrum – 1 Pager. A condensed and visual representation of Scrum on 1 page. When I was learning Scrum I always wanted a Scrum 1 Pager or cheat sheet to help, but nothing I found was very useful. MORE
So what is organizational agility? Have you ever noticed people keep talking about things, but they've not aligned with what their words mean? I have seen agility measured as the number of "agile teams" and the "number of training attendees" more often than I like to admit. . MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Master care about? Today's question asks what a Scrum Master truly cares about when working with a Scrum Team and the wider organization. MORE
. In an earlier blog post on Servant Leadership, Commander’s Intent and Decentralised Command we discussed the ways in which decentralised command and decision-making has rapidly become a business essential for all. Yet many managers and leaders struggle with putting this into place. MORE
TL; DR: The Hardening Sprint Fallacy. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. The hardening Sprint is one of those Scrum failures that are particularly challenging. MORE
I'm encountering more and more people that are trying to solve different kind of problems with Scrum: People designing Consumer Goods. Accounting professionals focused on Revenue Accounting. Marketers of many kinds. Healthcare professionals. MORE
Una de las bases clave para ayudar a que tu organización se vuelva ágil es el uso del empirismo. Agile es cambio constante y nos tenemos que adaptar. El empirismo es el enfoque científico basado en evidencia, donde cualquier idea debe ser probada contra observaciones, en lugar de intuición. . MORE
TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures. There are plenty of Scrum Masters failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How does a Scrum Team handle scope creep? Today's question asks how a Scrum Team can handle scope creep. Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley discuss push and pull systems and how Developers pull work into a Sprint. MORE
Every Scrum Team understands the value of metrics, but so many of them also struggle to use them effectively. This ties into our own experience with Scrum Teams as well. When we started with Scrum, about 12 years ago, metrics were one of the first things we started experimenting with. MORE
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Which Marvel superhero would be the best Scrum Master? Today's question is on the fun side of the spectrum. A view asked us to figure out which Marvel superhero would be the best Scrum Master. MORE
Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. MORE
One of the pillars of our book the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide , and the Scrum framework itself, is “Ship It Fast”. Shipping fast is important because it allows your team to learn what your stakeholders need and reduce the risks of creating the wrong things. MORE
So what’s good this week awesome people? On this opportunity I am writing a blog rather than making a video on youtube since my family just moved to Brisbane and I am still waiting for all my gears to be sent across the continent. MORE
When (Patricia Kong - Product Owner of Enterprise Solutions at Scrum.org) taught me how to combine the chocolatey-goodness of Evidence Based Management with the hazelnutty-goodness of Hypothesis Driven Delivery, I was ecstatic! AHA!", I says to myself. MORE
Scrum.org
APRIL 19, 2021
TL; DR: Product Owner Interview Questions — The Product Backlog and Refinement. If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate.
Scrum.org
APRIL 14, 2021
One of the most often used skills and stances in the daily life of a Scrum Master probably is coaching. I'm talking coaching as in the definition of e.g. the Agile Coaching Institute .
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Scrum.org
APRIL 12, 2021
So what is organizational agility? Have you ever noticed people keep talking about things, but they've not aligned with what their words mean? I have seen agility measured as the number of "agile teams" and the "number of training attendees" more often than I like to admit. .
Scrum.org
APRIL 15, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How does a Scrum Team handle scope creep? Today's question asks how a Scrum Team can handle scope creep. Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley discuss push and pull systems and how Developers pull work into a Sprint.
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Scrum.org
APRIL 12, 2021
TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures. There are plenty of Scrum Masters failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone.
Scrum.org
APRIL 16, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What does a Scrum Master care about? Today's question asks what a Scrum Master truly cares about when working with a Scrum Team and the wider organization.
Scrum.org
APRIL 10, 2021
What is up awesome people? Many people asked me whether it is possible to do Scrum without having all of the Scrum elements in place and along that line they also asked me whether it is possible to be agile without using Scrum as a whole.
Scrum.org
APRIL 14, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Which Marvel superhero would be the best Scrum Master? Today's question is on the fun side of the spectrum. A view asked us to figure out which Marvel superhero would be the best Scrum Master.
Scrum.org
MARCH 25, 2021
In this episode of Scrum Guide 101 , let's take a look at " Scrum in a Nutshell " as described in Scrum Guide 2020.
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Scrum.org
MARCH 22, 2021
Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job.
Scrum.org
MARCH 30, 2021
I'm encountering more and more people that are trying to solve different kind of problems with Scrum: People designing Consumer Goods. Accounting professionals focused on Revenue Accounting. Marketers of many kinds. Healthcare professionals.
Scrum.org
MARCH 29, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: How does a Scrum Team handle unexpected work? Today's question asks Todd and Ryan to weigh how a Scrum Team should handle unplanned/unexpected work during a Sprint. Todd cut straight to the point and wants teams to remove the need for work.
Scrum.org
MARCH 29, 2021
Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers.
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According to the 2020 Dresner Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study, embedded business intelligence is crucial for application success. This report explores the current state of BI and why application teams are increasingly choosing an embedded solution.
Scrum.org
APRIL 18, 2021
Una de las bases clave para ayudar a que tu organización se vuelva ágil es el uso del empirismo. Agile es cambio constante y nos tenemos que adaptar. El empirismo es el enfoque científico basado en evidencia, donde cualquier idea debe ser probada contra observaciones, en lugar de intuición. .
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
As the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto has arrived, it makes me look back at how the world has changed over the past 20 years and what it may look like over the next 20. . First and foremost, the use of Agile has grown well beyond software.
Scrum.org
APRIL 19, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Does a Scrum Team need specialists or generalists? Today's question asks if we need specialists or generalists on a Scrum Team.
Scrum.org
MARCH 26, 2021
One of the pillars of our book the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide , and the Scrum framework itself, is “Ship It Fast”. Shipping fast is important because it allows your team to learn what your stakeholders need and reduce the risks of creating the wrong things.
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Just as the tech industry revolves around innovation, so does technical recruiting. To advance their career by attracting top candidates in a competitive landscape, modern recruiters must commit to actively adapting and advancing their hiring strategies. This step-by-step guide is designed to provide technical recruiters with tips and tricks to achieve tangible results that accelerate their recruiting efforts—and career.
Scrum.org
APRIL 7, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Help! Our Product Backlog is Out of Control!?! Today's question is all about the product backlog. What do you do when the Product Backlog is out of control and no one can actually understand what you're trying to build anymore?
Scrum.org
APRIL 19, 2021
En enero de 2020, tuve una entrevista telefónica para un proyecto de transformación ágil con un líder de una empresa con sede en Barcelona que estaba interesado en agile coaching. El entrevistador me preguntó si me gustaría lanzarme a una conversación de coaching y acepté.
Scrum.org
MARCH 23, 2021
TheScrumMaster.co.uk has created The Simple Guide To Scrum – 1 Pager. A condensed and visual representation of Scrum on 1 page. When I was learning Scrum I always wanted a Scrum 1 Pager or cheat sheet to help, but nothing I found was very useful.
Scrum.org
APRIL 6, 2021
When (Patricia Kong - Product Owner of Enterprise Solutions at Scrum.org) taught me how to combine the chocolatey-goodness of Evidence Based Management with the hazelnutty-goodness of Hypothesis Driven Delivery, I was ecstatic! AHA!", I says to myself.
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This guide identifies the biggest challenges for associations moving their training online and provides practical solutions so that you can hit the ground running. Download now to keep your members engaged and growing even in times of COVID-19.
Scrum.org
APRIL 12, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Who Decides the Sprint Length for A Scrum Team? Today's question asks about who decides the sprint length for a Scrum Team.
Scrum.org
APRIL 15, 2021
TL; DR: The Hardening Sprint Fallacy. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. The hardening Sprint is one of those Scrum failures that are particularly challenging.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 20, 2021
Remember the good old check-in activity for retrospectives called ESVP – Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner? I couldn’t imagine that “Prisoner” would become so literal for me - until I found myself in a real prison facilitating a Retrospective for a group of my cellmates, political prisoners.
Scrum.org
MARCH 18, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Where Does Quality Assurance (QA) Fit on a Scrum Team? We get this question pretty often, especially when speaking at conferences: "I'm a tester or quality assurance (QA) specialist at a company that just adopted Scrum. Am I now out of a job?"
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Scrum.org
APRIL 2, 2021
. In an earlier blog post on Servant Leadership, Commander’s Intent and Decentralised Command we discussed the ways in which decentralised command and decision-making has rapidly become a business essential for all. Yet many managers and leaders struggle with putting this into place.
Scrum.org
MARCH 20, 2021
image by Nithinan Tatah I work in “the transformation business”. The Agile transformation business to be more precise. The value I aim to deliver is: Improve the internal organisation of companies so that they get better at making their dreams come true.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Here are some simple examples of Product Goals, Sprint Goals and the relationship between them. We will stick with our Bakery example (as used previously in our simple example of a Definition of Done ). Some things to note: Our Bakery produces baked goods sold in our shop to passing customers.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
So what’s good this week awesome people? On this opportunity I am writing a blog rather than making a video on youtube since my family just moved to Brisbane and I am still waiting for all my gears to be sent across the continent.
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How are organizations using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to derive business value? Renowned author and professor Tom Davenport explains the rise of automated machine learning, its benefits, and success stories from businesses that are already using it.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Many organizations nowadays have an urgency to adopt Agility. Fast changing markets increase the risk to miss opportunities, which uncovers that organizations are often too slow.
Scrum.org
APRIL 13, 2021
On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Who Decides the Sprint Length for A Scrum Team? Today's question asks about who decides the sprint length for a Scrum Team.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 18, 2021
TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these.
Scrum.org
APRIL 6, 2021
. . Scrum I Got (parody of What I Got by Sublime). Chad teaches many courses - whether you are new to Scrum or ready to take Scrum to the next level. He may even play a song or two at the end of your course!
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